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Antique French Regency Louis XV Bureau De Pente Ladies Writing Desk
By Vernis Martin
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XV style bureau de pente roll top ladies writing desk
In
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
A French kingwood bureau plat with herringbone frieze to the top and bronze mounts.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
$18,000
Small Antique Ladies Writing Desk, French, Oak, Bureau, Mirror, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique ladies writing desk. A French, oak bureau with mirror, dating to the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Carved Rosewood Louis Philippe Rococo Desk Bureau Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
A spectacular antique French carved rosewood Louis Philippe rococo desk bureau, circa 1850.
The
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Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Cherrywood Cylinder Desk/ Rolltop Bureau Secretary, France C. 1780
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
handcrafted in France, this very special rolltop secretary bureau desk shows a fine cherrywood veneered
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French black lacquer Bureau Plat with dore bronze accents and brown leather top.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Shaped Boulle Bureau Plat Desk French Interiors
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant French bureau plat in the Boulle manner
The first thing that really attracted us to this
Category
Vintage 1980s Desks
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Louis XV style bureau plat desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Bureau Plat Desk, French Empire, 1930
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Large French Empire bureau plat or desk we date to circa 1930
Good size to it and a great look
Category
Vintage 1930s Empire Desks
Materials
Other
19c Napoleon III Bureau Plat/Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Prepare to be overwhelmed by this beautiful Napoleon III desk. Ebonized wood embellished with
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat Desk Empire Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat desk
Good size to this clean and minimal
Category
Vintage 1980s Empire Desks
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Kingwood and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
An exquisite 19th century French kingwood three-drawer bureau plat with gilt ormolu mounts and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French Transitional Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Louis XV / XVI transitional leather top mahogany bureau plat with a tooled border-top
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Provincial Bureau Plat
Located in Hixson, TN
An early 19th century French Provincial bureau plat, having one drawer. This writing table has a
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Antique 1820s French Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Directoire Style Leather-Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in New York, NY
Directoire-Style Leather-top Bureau plat desk on Tapered legs ending in brass sabots, desk features
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20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Writing Desk Bureau Plat with Tiffany Blue Leather Top
Located in West Hartford, CT
Antique 19th century French writing desk has five dovetailed drawers and features a Tiffany blue
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Antique Early 1900s French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware, in the style of Maison Jansen, French, circa 1950's
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Vintage 1950s French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine quality French ‘bureau plat’ of grand proportions with book-matched and banded walnut panels
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Antique Art Deco Macassar Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY, PARCHMENT AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT
Likely French, circa 1930
Item # 111PZN03Z
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Mahogany Writing Desk Writing Table with Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent mahogany writing desk with leather top and inlay and medallions.
Two drawers at top
Category
Vintage 1970s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique French Empire Revival Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French gilt bronze mounted mahogany Empire Directoire bureau plat, circa
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Antique 1860s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted bureau plat, Circa 1860 in date
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware, in the style of Maison Jansen, French, circa 1950's
Category
Vintage 1950s French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Empire style bureau plat, circa 1900 in
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Antique Early 1900s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Inlaid Kingwood and Rosewood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous desk and has eye appeal all over the place. Look at the gorgeous inlay and
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze-mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French ormolu mounted Louis Revival kingwood bureau plat, circa 1880 in
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat, circa
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Antique French writing desk, with original bronze mounts. Finely detailed Kings wood inlay and
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Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
1800
s Antique French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau, Writing Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 1800's Antique French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau, Writing Desk!!
Antique Desk
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Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Ebonized Mahogany Desk or Bureau Plat With Original Leather
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Early 20th century French bureau plat in ebonized mahogany (not to be confused with black lacquer
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
French Chinoiserie Lacquered Bombe Writing Desk or Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An elegant French Chinoiserie lacquer Louis XV style bombe writing desk, the leather drop-front
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Lacquer
French Louis XV Kingwood Executive Bureau Plat Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, circa Mid
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Rosewood Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serpentine shape Louis XVI style desk inlaid with mahogany and rosewood, having robust brass mounts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century French Kingwood Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Fit for a French Aristocrat. A large and impressive Louis XV Kingwood and mahogany bureau plat the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Maison Jansen Stainless Steel Nickel-Plated Bronze Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Maison Jansen stainless steel nickel-plated bronze mounted leather top desk. This simply
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Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Late 19th Century French Inlaid Louis XV Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Highly inlaid French Louis XV style desk or ‘bureau plat’ in kingwood, bird’s-eye maple, burl
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Small Louis XV Trelliswork Ladies
Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century French small Louis XV Style Napoleon III Trelliswork marquetry ladies' desk or bureau
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Floral Marquetry Walnut Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a very impressive Louis XV Revival walnut and floral marquetry bureau plat, dating from the
Category
Vintage 1970s French Desks and Writing Tables
Late 19th Century French Walnut Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late-19th century French carved walnut Louis XV style breakfront ‘bureau plat’ or writing desk
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV Style.
Direct from France, a
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Bureau De Dame, French, Walnut, Compact, Writing Desk, Victorian, C.1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau de dame. A French, walnut compact writing desk, dating to the Victorian
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Maple
Leather Top Bureau De Dame Ladies Secretary Writing Desk Library
Located in Dayton, OH
A magnificent 20th century French Provincial Bureau De Dame. Burea de Dame translates to ladies
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple
19th Century French Directoire Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
form of this writing desk or bureau plat is specifically Directoire - a period which took components
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Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk Signed H. Fourdinois
Located in Queens, NY
French ormolu-mounted bureau a cylindre roll top desk signed H. Fourdinois.
Veneered in walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Bureau Black Leather Top Executive Plat Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
Louis XV style bureau plat desk having exquisite mahogany wood grain and fine bronze castings
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Bureau Plat / Partner Desk with Six Drawers, Walnut, France, circa 1810
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, rare and unadorned neoclassical Empire Bureau plat / writing desk with 6 drawers, France
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany writing desk with inset green leather top having gilt embossing and brass trim. Two short
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 20th C. French Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A french bureau plat or writing desk, with leather top and pull out sides, in the Louis XVI manner
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
French 19th Century Bureau Plat and Desk Chair, Possibly by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bureau plat and its matching desk chair, after a model by Charles Cressent, possibly by Francois Linke
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French 19th Century Victorian Parquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine French 19th century Victorian parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat desk. This exceptional
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Maison Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat or Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Birmingham, AL
An exceptional mid-20th century Maison Jansen attributed French Louis XVI style bureau plat or desk
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1950s French Bureau Plat Desk With False Back
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s French Bureau plat desk with false back. Leather top, lacquered finish, brass trim, 2 keys
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Wood
French Empire Revival Bureau De Plat Extending Desk Writing Table Green Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for this stunning French Empire Revival Bureau De Plat extending desk
Category
20th Century French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Ornate French Boulle Inlay Bureau Plat Desk with Glass Top
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful and gorgeous 19th century serpentine shaped French Boulle desk with brass inlay. Rare and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French Provincial Louis XV bureau plat desk, late 18th century, in cherrywood, with 2 large
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
$11,500
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French bureau desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every French bureau desk was constructed with great care. There are 881 variations of the antique or vintage French bureau desk you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French bureau desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A French bureau desk, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Empire style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one French bureau desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Maison Jansen and Paul Sormani produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Bureau Desk?
Prices for a French bureau desk start at $171 and top out at $1,844,713 with the average selling for $7,727.
Questions About French Bureau Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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